3.5 stars. I liked this one, but I didn’t love it.  It was so cozy, but to the point of being a bit boring.  (Note I have a teeny tiny attention span) It really started to pick up around the 50% mark, so if you’re more patient than me, you might love this.  

I loved that this took place in a queer normative world and that our main couple features a bisexual woman & a lesbian woman. I also loved the FMC, marigold.  I think everyone can relate to having your heartbroken and swearing off love, & it makes finding your soulmate after even sweeter.  

This story also has a beautiful take on grief.  It was nice watching Mari reconnect with her grandmother as an adult and through the memories ingrained in her home.  

I think this book would be great for fans of The Seven Year Slip, but want a more fantastical version.